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SYNOPSIS
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<b>#include &#60;pcre.h&#62;</b>
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<b>int pcre_info(pcre *<i>code</i>, int <i>adjust</i>);</b>
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DESCRIPTION
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This function is used to maintain a reference count inside a data block that
contains a compiled pattern. Its arguments are:
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  <i>code</i>                      Compiled regular expression
  <i>adjust</i>                    Adjustment to reference value
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The yield of the function is the adjusted reference value, which is constrained
to lie between 0 and 65535.
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